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Market Design, Manipulation, and Accuracy in Political Prediction Markets: Lessons from the Iowa Electronic Markets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2014

Joyce E. Berg
Affiliation:
University of Iowa
Thomas A. Rietz
Affiliation:
University of Iowa

Abstract

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Symposium: US Presidential Election Forecasting
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2014 

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